Hello, We are receiving ANS1017E (-50) messages in every client log that we look at. They seem to be very random in their timing. Our real problem involves our DB (db2, SYBASE) backups which are started by an external scheduler triggering a client script that initialates the backup. These backups fail to start and become a backup failure. The script recognizes the failure and reports back to our operators immediately. After retrying the job that initiates the script the job works. WHat can be causing this? Here is a sample of the problem. Matt 04:01:11.36 dtsbackup[49546]: starting on 01/24/2001 04:01:11.36 dtsbackup[49546]: /home/PRODDTBS/sbacktrack-4.0.50/bin/dtsbackup /ho me/PRODDTBS/sbackups.adsm/CIS2_CSP/db_dir00 -log_only -no_prompt -quiet 04:01:13.82 dtsdump[16566/49546.980326871]: starting on 01/24/2001 04:01:13.82 dtsdump[16566/49546.980326871]: dtsdump -physical -server CIS2_CSP - transaction db_dir00 04:02:29.87 dtsbackup[49546]: ADSM: dsmInit failed, return code: ANS1017E (RC-50 ) Session rejected: TCP/IP connection failure 04:02:29.87 dtsbackup[49546]: obsi/adsm: FATAL: ADSM: dsmInit failed, return cod e: ANS1017E (RC-50) Session rejected: TCP/IP connection failure 04:02:30.88 dtsbackup[49546]: ending on 01/24/2001, rc=115